PA Notary Exam Prep Questions And Answers (202472025)
$500 - ✔✔Fines from a complaint for each violation can be up to _______.
45 days - ✔✔What is the maximum amount of time to record bond, oath of office and commission
at the Recorder of Deeds in the county which the notary maintains an office?
$10,000 - ✔✔Under RULONA, what amount must surety bond from insurance company licensed
in PA in?
30 days - ✔✔RULONA requires a surety company provide the Department of State how many
days notice before canceling the bond?
1) Judicial Office
2) Federal employee or appointed person who receives salary
3) Any member of the General Assembly - ✔✔Three exemptions for notary
a certificate documenting the act performed - ✔✔Each notarial act the notary performs needs to
be evidenced by...
A notarial certificate - ✔✔the wording attached to a document describing the acts performed by
the notary
A notarial certificate must include the following 5 things: - ✔✔1) be executed at the same time as
the act performed
2) be signed & dated by the notary
3) identify the county/state the act was performed
4) contain the title of office of the notary
5) expiration date of the notary's commission
Each notarial certificate should.... - ✔✔1) be securely attached to the tangible record
,2) have an official stamp affixed next to signature in a form that may be photographically
reproduced
6 acts a notary can perform - ✔✔1) taking acknowledgments
2) administering oaths & affirmations
3) taking verification on oaths & affirmations
4) witnessing / attesting signatures
5) certifying / attesting copies or depositions
6) noting protests of negotiable instruments
A notary needs to determine the following when taking acknowledgements: - ✔✔***needs to
personally appear before the notary***
1) the individual appearing before them & making the acknowledgment has the identity he/she
claims to have
2) the signature on the record is the individual's signature
What is a notary public? - ✔✔An individual commissioned to perform a notarial act by the
department of state (commonwealth)
What is an official stamp? - ✔✔A notary seal image***
A physical image affixed to or embossed on a tangible record or an electronic image attached to
or logically associated with an electronic record.
**does not include a stamping device or embosser**
Pecuniary - ✔✔relating to money
Protest - ✔✔a certificate of dishonor under the hand and seal of the U.S. governmental authority
or notary authorized to certify dishonor by law.
, What is a record? - ✔✔Information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is store in an
electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.
What is a stamping device? - ✔✔1) a physical device capable of affixing to or embossing on a
tangible record an official stamp
OR
2) an electronic device or process capable of attaching to or logically associating with an electronic
record an official stamp
What is a verification on oath or affirmation? - ✔✔A declaration, made by an individual on oath
or affirmation before a notarial officer, that a statement in a record is true.
***Including affidavits***
Duty of Candor - ✔✔An obligation to be honest and sincere in one's communications.
What is an acknowledgment? - ✔✔a declaration (notarial certificate) attached to a document when
a notary confirms the identity of the singer and the singer identifies being the signer of the
document.
Record - ✔✔Information inscribed on a tangible medium.
Notarial Officer - ✔✔A notary authorized to perform notarial acts.
Protest - ✔✔A certificate of dishonor under the seal of a governmental authority.
Applicant - ✔✔An individual seeking appointment or reappointment as a notary.
Appointee - ✔✔A person appointed notary but who has not taken the oath of office yet.
Pecuniary - ✔✔Of or related to money.
$500 - ✔✔Fines from a complaint for each violation can be up to _______.
45 days - ✔✔What is the maximum amount of time to record bond, oath of office and commission
at the Recorder of Deeds in the county which the notary maintains an office?
$10,000 - ✔✔Under RULONA, what amount must surety bond from insurance company licensed
in PA in?
30 days - ✔✔RULONA requires a surety company provide the Department of State how many
days notice before canceling the bond?
1) Judicial Office
2) Federal employee or appointed person who receives salary
3) Any member of the General Assembly - ✔✔Three exemptions for notary
a certificate documenting the act performed - ✔✔Each notarial act the notary performs needs to
be evidenced by...
A notarial certificate - ✔✔the wording attached to a document describing the acts performed by
the notary
A notarial certificate must include the following 5 things: - ✔✔1) be executed at the same time as
the act performed
2) be signed & dated by the notary
3) identify the county/state the act was performed
4) contain the title of office of the notary
5) expiration date of the notary's commission
Each notarial certificate should.... - ✔✔1) be securely attached to the tangible record
,2) have an official stamp affixed next to signature in a form that may be photographically
reproduced
6 acts a notary can perform - ✔✔1) taking acknowledgments
2) administering oaths & affirmations
3) taking verification on oaths & affirmations
4) witnessing / attesting signatures
5) certifying / attesting copies or depositions
6) noting protests of negotiable instruments
A notary needs to determine the following when taking acknowledgements: - ✔✔***needs to
personally appear before the notary***
1) the individual appearing before them & making the acknowledgment has the identity he/she
claims to have
2) the signature on the record is the individual's signature
What is a notary public? - ✔✔An individual commissioned to perform a notarial act by the
department of state (commonwealth)
What is an official stamp? - ✔✔A notary seal image***
A physical image affixed to or embossed on a tangible record or an electronic image attached to
or logically associated with an electronic record.
**does not include a stamping device or embosser**
Pecuniary - ✔✔relating to money
Protest - ✔✔a certificate of dishonor under the hand and seal of the U.S. governmental authority
or notary authorized to certify dishonor by law.
, What is a record? - ✔✔Information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is store in an
electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.
What is a stamping device? - ✔✔1) a physical device capable of affixing to or embossing on a
tangible record an official stamp
OR
2) an electronic device or process capable of attaching to or logically associating with an electronic
record an official stamp
What is a verification on oath or affirmation? - ✔✔A declaration, made by an individual on oath
or affirmation before a notarial officer, that a statement in a record is true.
***Including affidavits***
Duty of Candor - ✔✔An obligation to be honest and sincere in one's communications.
What is an acknowledgment? - ✔✔a declaration (notarial certificate) attached to a document when
a notary confirms the identity of the singer and the singer identifies being the signer of the
document.
Record - ✔✔Information inscribed on a tangible medium.
Notarial Officer - ✔✔A notary authorized to perform notarial acts.
Protest - ✔✔A certificate of dishonor under the seal of a governmental authority.
Applicant - ✔✔An individual seeking appointment or reappointment as a notary.
Appointee - ✔✔A person appointed notary but who has not taken the oath of office yet.
Pecuniary - ✔✔Of or related to money.
